Special attention will be paid to such famous Australians such as Howard Florey (penicillin development) and Fred Hollows (eye health).
Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston, OM FRS FRCP; 24 September 1898 – 21 February 1968) was an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming “for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases”
Frederick Cossom Hollows (9 April 1929 – 10 February 1993) was a New Zealand–Australian ophthalmologist who became known for his work in restoring eyesight for people in Australia and many other countries through initiatives such as The Fred Hollows Foundation
About the Speaker:
KEVIN ALFORD Cardiologist and Physician O. A. M.
M.B., B.S. (Hons) UNSW SYD. F.R.A.C.P. F.C.S.A.N.Z. D.D.U.
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEDICINE (UNSW SYD)
- DIRECTOR BASIC/ADVANCED PHYSICIAN TRAINING. (ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS)
- MEMBER/EXAMINER SENIOR NATIONAL EXAMINATION PANEL (R.A.C.P)
- 2022/23 RECIPIENT COLLEGE MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING CLINICAL SERVICE
- Medal ORDER OF AUSTRALIA for services to Medicine 2021